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Dec 4, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds meetings with the Presidents of Rwanda & the Congo. 2 times
…my administration's National Security Strategy, a big part of which is the tariffs. We're taking in trillions of dollars in tariffs. Nobody has ever seen…
Dec 3, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: President Trump makes an announcement 12 times
…very much. Right. And this is largely coming in because of the tariff situation. You know, we have—we're taking in trillions of dollars, actually…
…sell your car here, but we're going to put a hundred-percent tariff," and you would have never had the auto industry leave. We—again…
…not, like, "Well, maybe we'll do it." They're doing it because of tariffs, and they're doing it because of maybe they like the President and…
Dec 2, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an announcement 1 time
…of that, no country has done 20 percent. And it's because of tariffs and because every—and I think because of November 5—the election…
Dec 2, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a cabinet meeting 5 times
…not going to do it, I'm going to charge you 100 percent tariff," which is more money than we're talking about. And they said, "Sir…
…going to agree to it, that's okay. I'm going to charge you tariffs." And as soon as I said that, they said, "We agree." And…
…ever, and we're going to be giving back refunds out of the tariffs, because we've taken in literally trillions of dollars. And we're going to…
Nov 27, 2025 Other Kalshi: Trump calls service members on Thanksgiving 9 times
…that we're building—from all over the world they're coming—because of tariffs, I think, because of November 5, the election result—but because of…
…many years. Because if they do that, they have to pay a tariff as they make products and sell them into our country. So we…
…now in the United States because they don't want to pay the tariffs. So there's never been anything quite like it. It's been amazing. So…
Nov 21, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with Zohran Mamdani 1 time
…of other things that I've practiced and have been very successful on: tariffs, a lot of things. Bernie Sanders and I agreed on much more…
Nov 19, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump attends US - Saudi Investment Forum 9 times
…thought were possible. And we're taking in trillions and trillions of dollars. Tariffs have been, frankly, the best things that's ever happened to our country…
…them, and they're all coming back. They're all coming back because of tariffs. If we didn't have tariffs—I mean, they liked the fact that…
…your product back into this country, there will be a 250-percent tariff," nobody would've left. Nobody would've left. And Intel would have been a…
Nov 18, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts Saudi Arabia for dinner 4 times
…back into the United States and, I have to say, because of tariffs. I'll also say because of November 5, the election. But because of…
…their stock has gone through the roof because what I did with tariffs last week on certain kinds of vehicles. I won't get into it…
…mid-size and the large trucks because of what we did with tariffs is incredible. It's incredible. So I congratulate both companies, and thank you…
Nov 18, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump hosts Saudi Prince 4 times
…is, right now, the hottest country in the world. And between the tariffs and the election—November 5 election—it—we've done things that nobody…
…this, and it really is because of the fact that we use tariffs to bring all this money in. And you're going to see the…
…I think a big part of that is also the fact that tariffs are in play. But even beyond tariffs, that's a real ally that…
Nov 17, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump attends McDonald's Impact Summit 3 times
…ever invested in any country ever before. And it's largely because of tariffs and, I think, November 5 election. But it's the largest amount. As…
…factories. That's AI. It's everything. They're all coming back. Because of the tariffs, they're all coming back, because they don't want to pay 15-, 20…
Nov 17, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds a meeting on the World Cup 9 times
…companies, and all they did was rob our money. But because of tariffs, the chips are coming back. Chipmakers are all coming back. And I…
…been all along. But because we had people that didn't believe in tariffs—they believed in them, but they didn't know how to use them…
…hear that. No, we've taken in—— ——hundreds of millions of dollars in tariff money. We're going to be issuing dividends later on, some—somewhere prior…
Nov 14, 2025 Other 13 times
…part, the foods, where we cut back a little bit on those tariffs, will get the price down, but they're not competitive in this country…
…dollars. So we've taken in hundreds of billions of dollars. We've used tariffs to stop wars. You look at India and Pakistan, look at so…
…that case, it was nuclear war, and I stopped it by using tariffs. But oftentimes, and to a large extent, the countries themselves pick up…
Nov 11, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump's Veterans Day address 1 time
…What a job he's done. We've taken in trillions of dollars in tariffs, and we want to keep it that way. It's been good for…
Nov 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump swears in the ambassador to India 14 times
…be able to do the job. Absolutely. Right. Well, right now, the tariffs are very high on India because of the Russian oil. And they've…
…It's been reduced very substantially. Yes, we're going to be bringing the tariffs down on India. I mean, at some point—— No, at some point…
…people of about $2,000, and we're going to use the remaining tariffs to lower our debt. We're going to be lowering our debt, which…
Nov 7, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump holds bilateral meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister 1 time
…with Europe: $950 billion. We were able to do it because of tariffs. It was a deal that was good—very good. But we had…
Nov 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts dinner with Central Asian Countries 1 time
…to have that kind of economic power. This was helped greatly by tariffs. It was helped greatly by November 5, which was the election—Presidential…
Nov 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an annoucement 32 times
…most-favored-nations drug pricing, something that has been helped greatly by tariffs, because when nations refuse to do it—we should have put this…
…to do it, we're going to charge you a like amount of tariffs." And they immediately say, "We'll do it." Which means that Americans should…
…21 trillion, based off the way we're going. And by the way, tariffs are very important. Without tariffs, perhaps it could be a little bit…
Nov 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump at America Business Forum 7 times
…or 1 percent." And it's been really helped a lot by the tariffs. It's been really helped incredibly, because this is really a transition period…
…you don't have a country, do you? At the same time, my tariffs are bringing in hundreds of billions of dollars and are helping slash…
…peace." They stopped. I said, "Thank you. Let's trade." Isn't that great? Tariffs did that. You know what? Tariffs—without tariffs, that would have never…
Nov 5, 2025 Speech / ceremony 3 times
…that people talk about. It was all worked out very quickly. Without tariffs, I couldn't have done it. I put a 100-percent tariff on…
…as I heard it—within 20 minutes, I put a 100-percent tariff on China—on President Xi, who's really a friend of mine—as…
Nov 2, 2025 Other 10 times
…the most important decisions in the history of our country, because without tariffs—without our being able to use tariffs freely, openly, and in every…
…biggest decisions in the history of the Supreme Court. Other countries use tariffs against us. If we weren't able to openly and freely use tariffs…
…settle it very quickly, very easily, because I was able to use tariffs. It's total national security. And economic health is also part of national…
Oct 31, 2025 Other 2 times
…of the other 10 percent. Other than that, we haven't cut the tariffs at all with China. But we're going to have a great relationship…
…false commercial. You know, it was the exact opposite. Ronald Reagan loved tariffs, and they tried to make it look the other way. And he…
Oct 30, 2025 Other 3 times
…action taken. I've agreed—as you know, I put a 20-percent tariff on China because of the fentanyl coming in, which is—it's a…
…time goes by. It's the same. Other than what we—there's—the tariffs remain exactly the same. It's about—no. It's—it was 57. Now…
Oct 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump has dinner with President of South Korea 2 times
…that is the national security, you know, given to us by the tariffs—properly used tariffs, very properly used. And other countries, as you know…
Oct 29, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump in South Korea for APEC CEOs Luncheon 13 times
…opening up big. And again, it's national security, and it's because of tariffs. We're reclaiming our heritage as nation of builders and doers, and we're…
…got to all balance out a little bit. When I announced reciprocal tariffs last April, some people thought it was wonderful, and others really weren't…
…didn't understand tariffs because tariffs were used against us. We didn't use tariffs, stupidly, and we do now. National security. This week, we proved once…
Oct 29, 2025 Other 9 times
…country, primarily because of the election result. But the real reason is tariffs. The tariffs are coming in. And as you know, last night I…
…This is in the auto business. So—and that was because of tariffs. This way, he—it's the old story. If you build in the…
…we're doing very well with that extension. We get a lot of tariffs. They're paying a lot of money. As you know, a lot of…
Oct 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump has dinner with Japanese business leaders 10 times
…United States, a lot of them, and that's great, because of the tariffs and because of the November 5 election. I think both. But the…
…the—a lot of the wars that I stopped were because of tariffs. And be—frankly, I did a great service to the world, because…
…the—we have a lot of car plants opening up because of tariffs. They don't want to pay tariffs. And they come and, frankly, Japan…
Oct 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony 1 time
…I think, because of the November 5 election and because of the tariffs, and I was just authorized to make that statement. And we have…
Oct 28, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump visits troops on USS George Washington 12 times
…it's because of November 5, election day, but it's also because of tariffs. The tariffs have been so good. It—we're taken in trillions and…
…all of them. And you're all—and they were talking about the tariffs. The tariffs have—nobody understood tariffs like I understood tariffs. And the…
…not going to do any trade." I was going to put big tariffs on both countries. And they said, "Well, guess we're not going to…
Oct 27, 2025 Other 7 times
…a deal. We'll see. Right now they're paying, I guess, 50-percent tariff. But we had a great meeting. It's happy birthday. I want to…
…you saw General Motors yesterday go up big. It's all because of tariffs. If it weren't tariffs, it'd be just like it's been for the…
…would be bankrupt. Instead, they're doing phenomenal business. That's all because of tariffs. All right, go ahead. I don't know. We're going to—we're going…
Oct 24, 2025 Other 13 times
…to make concessions. I guess we would too. We're at 157-percent tariff for them. I don't think that's sustainable for them, and they want…
…a fake statement by President Reagan. Reagan was a big supporter of tariffs when needed, and we need tariffs for national security. And they totally…
…it around, because they're getting hurt by tariffs, and we're gaining by tariffs. They've used tariffs on us, but we had different Presidents very successfully…
Oct 24, 2025 Other 2 times
…Taiwan. I don't know. They cheated on a commercial. Ronald Reagan loved tariffs, and they said he didn't. And I guess it was AI or…
…did a crooked ad. They know it was a—Ronald Reagan loved tariffs. What they did is really dishonest, and I heard they were pulling…
Oct 23, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump makes an announcement 8 times
…doing that, yes. But they are paying right now a 20-percent tariff because of fentanyl. That's billions and billions of dollars that they're paying…
…country. A hundred million. They lose $100 billion with the 20-percent tariff. So it's not a good business proposition. It's $100 billion approximately that…
…Economically, the country is the strongest it's ever been. Thank God for tariffs. If we didn't have tariffs, we'd be a third-world nation. But…
Oct 22, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with NATO 19 times
…They've really been decimated, and I helped them a lot. I put tariffs on things coming into the country, including beef, and that gave them…
…losing because other countries have taken advantage of them. And, by putting tariffs on, they've been able to make a few dollars. They've been able…
…we're going to take in $21 trillion of investments because of the tariffs. If we didn't have tariffs, we would be a mess. We would…
Oct 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts Diwali Celebration 14 times
…that election result didn't happen. I think, much more importantly, we have tariffs that—you build in the United States, you don't have a tariff…
…have agreed, and the countries have agreed. Now, if I didn't have tariffs, I wouldn't have been able to get it. I said, "Well, if…
…would be generally more difficult. If we didn't have the power of tariffs, they wouldn't have agreed. They would have said, "Nope, you've got to…
Oct 21, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump hosts a Rose Garden Club Lunch 23 times
…things. They want to discuss the fact that they're paying 157-percent tariff. It's a little higher than they thought. And we're doing very well…
…together; we made a deal, and it was all based—without the tariffs, you could have never made the deal. I'll tell you what, tariffs…
…by nations that used to take it from us, and they used tariffs on us. We never used it on them because we were foolish…
Oct 20, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Bilateral with Prime Minister of Australia 21 times
…paying tremendous amounts of money to us as—in the form of tariffs. As you know, they're paying 55 percent. That's a lot of money…
…do in many cases because we've been treated unfairly. But actually, the tariffs are very light. The one thing is you buy a lot of…
…be happy. No. I don't see that happening, no. Yes. Well, the tariffs have been amazing, because, you know, tariffs have been really a reason…
Oct 19, 2025 Other 7 times
…purchases. Well, then they're going to just keep paying a lot of tariffs—— ——if they said that, but I don't believe they said that. No…
…they want to say that, then they'll just continue to pay massive tariffs, and they don't want to do that. Yes, please. I did. No…
…They're paying us a lot of money, tremendous amount of money in tariffs, and they'd probably like to have it be less. And we'll work…
Oct 17, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump meets with Zelensky 9 times
…when I came into office, as you know, I put very severe tariffs, and we took in hundreds of billions of dollars in my first…
…So it wasn't the same thing. But I put on very serious tariffs, and we took in hundreds of billions of dollars. And then we…
…come back, and we are in a very strong position because of tariffs. We're in a very powerful position because of the fact that we…
Oct 16, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Oval Office Announcement 3 times
…are agreeing to it, because if they don't, we put them—put tariffs on them, and then they agree. So it's amazing. It's amazing how…
…the election result, November 5, and, maybe most importantly, because of the tariffs, because if they do it here, there are no tariffs. So we…
Oct 15, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: White House Ballroom Dinner 5 times
…on trade. We're taking in hundreds of billions of dollars on the tariffs. The tariffs are making this country so rich, and they're making it…
…phone, and I said, "Listen, we're going to put a 200 percent tariff on your country for any product you sell into the United States…
…of trade. You know, the power of trade, but the power of tariffs. Tariffs have made us a very kind nation, because a lot of…
Oct 15, 2025 Press conference Kalshi: Trump Press Conference 22 times
…Yes. Yes. Well, you're in one now. Look, we have 100-percent tariff. If we didn't have tariffs, we would be exposed as being a…
…us to be $37 trillion in debt, et cetera, et cetera. We—tariffs are a very important tool for our defense, for our national security…
…Iran, and Pakistan was going to be in line. And because of tariffs, they all want to negotiate much differently. And we were making a…
Oct 14, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Bilateral meeting with President of Argentina 3 times
…wants to be in BRICS, that's fine, but we're going to put tariffs on your nation. Everybody dropped out. They're all dropping out of BRICS…
…I said, "You want to play that game, I'm going to put tariffs on your—all of your product coming into the U.S." They said…
…NATO. In fact, I was thinking about giving them trade punishment through tariffs because of what they did, and I may do that. I think…
Oct 14, 2025 Other 1 time
…Those people—those are the richest countries. I think with—now with tariffs, I think we're the richest country in the world, actually—the United…
Oct 13, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Trump Speech in Israel 1 time
…powerful, the richest nations, really, in the world. Although now, with the tariffs, the United States is by far the richest nation in the world…
Oct 12, 2025 Other 6 times
…China, from other countries. We've become a wealthy country again. And the tariffs have given us diplomatic strength. They've given us negotiating strength. I settled…
…a war and you have nuclear weapons, I'm going to put big tariffs on you both, like 100 percent, 150, and 200 percent." "No, no…
…I had that thing settled in 24 hours. If I didn't have tariffs, you could have never settled that war. You knew that better than…
Oct 10, 2025 Speech / ceremony Kalshi: Oval Office Announcement 6 times
…would like to say it, but behind the scenes, he did say tariffs were a big reason he came here and also the fact he…
…for almost everybody that's here, most of them are here because of tariffs. Because you have to understand, he has no tariffs. If you build…
…largely through trade. I mean, that one, numerous of them, I talked tariffs. I said, "Look, if you're going to do that, we're going to…
Oct 9, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump's Bilateral meeting with President of Finland 3 times
…made that—I did that based on trade and because of the tariffs. If we didn't have tariffs, you wouldn't have been able to do…
…you—if you guys are going to fight, I'm putting 100-percent tariffs on each of you." And they immediately stopped fighting. And that was…
Oct 9, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Cabinet Meeting 6 times
…You don't have to do it, but I'm going to put a tariff of 9 percent or 7 percent, or whatever the amount of money…
…to do that." And they would immediately agree. And I'd make the tariff substantially more than the number we're talking about, and they would immediately…
…know that if they don't do it, we're going to put a tariff on for double the price, and then they're going to do it…
Oct 7, 2025 Meeting Kalshi: Trump Bilateral 11 times
…going talking about that with the Prime Minister. We'll be talking about tariffs. We'll be talking about a lot of that. But that's for a…
…We continue to bring it in from Canada. But there is a tariff to pay. And I think that would be a normal thing to…
…the November 5 election was a big factor, and I think the tariffs are a big factor. And again, we want Canada to do great…
Oct 6, 2025 Speech / ceremony 13 times
…want to—I would—— Well, I guess he's going to ask about tariffs, because a lot of companies from Canada are moving into the United…
…back into the U.S. And he's probably going to be asking about tariffs. He—they're losing a lot of companies in Canada. They're coming into…
…of them was because of my ability at trade and because of tariffs. If I didn't have tariffs to throw around a little bit, you…